Part 2 Of The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Part 2 for Great Gatsby test

In the book “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the theme of the excerpt is that the absence of a person who strives to make life more entertaining to the masses, causes life to seem bleak to others. This theme fits into the overall message of the novel as when Gatsby was still alive people from all over the Island and the City would flock to the Gatsby residence to enjoy the lavish parties he threw. When Gatsby gets murdered the world seems to grow gray, as the parties officially stop and people realize that the parties are over, the world seems to go back to the way it was before the parties began, and the entertaining life that once grasped onto so many people ceases to exist. The literary device that best illustrates this is the point

The point of view of Nick is one that best illustrates how the passing of Gatsby affects the people who were once attending his parties as a means of both entertainment and escape. Throughout the excerpt Nick describes the negative changes that occur once Gatsby passes and how life looks after that as well. “I spent my Saturday nights in New York because those gleaming, dazzling parties of his were with me so vividly that I could still hear the music and the laughter faint and incessant from his garden and the cars going up and down his drive”, This quote demonstrates that Nick decides to spend his Saturdays in New York to escape from the phantom noises that emerged from Gatsby house, and through Nick's point of view he realizes that life without Gatsby is one that desolate. Nick further states that he stops going over the Gatsby residence until